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OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY A y tjV/ with XATZ" UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS SI.OO A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME XXVI. WASH PARAMORE IS CONVICTED CURTIS WARREN FOR MURDER OF IS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT THURSDAY Wash Paramore, alias Palmore, of Donalsonville, was sentenced to life imprisonment last week following his conviction by a Houston County, Ala. jury at Dothan for the murder of A. Curtis Warren, of Donalsonville, his employer, near Gordon, Ala., on the night of May 19, 1941. A verdict of murder in the first degree was returned by the jury at 10 o’clock last Thursday night, the jury deliberating nearly six hours following a two-day trial, before reaching a verdict. Paramore, the jury found in its verdict,.was guilty of slaying War ren, an oil dealer, with a .45 calibre automatic pistol after he and War ren had driven from Donalsonville to a point about one-half mile below Gordon in Houston County. From the Dothan Eagle, the fol lowing summary of the case is taken: “In the course of the case, the state presented a statement in which it is alleged Paramore to have admitted killing Warren and that he had bought the automatic pistol with money given him by Warren’s wife. “Paramore’s counsel, O. S. Lewis, of Dothan, contended the Negro made the statement under duress, threat and force, carrying over from what he termed an unlawful incarceration in Georgia. Lewis also maintained that Warren’s car, said by the state to have been used the night of the murder, bore neither Paramore’s or Warren’s fingerprints, but did produce fingerprints of some unknown person. “fn the trial which began on Wed nesday Mr a. Thelma Kemp, who re sides near the scene of the crime, was the first witness called by the state. “Mrs Kemp testified that, op the ■night prior to the day Warren’s body was found she heard an auto mobile near her home and later saw a parked car with headlights facing toward the highway. “The car, she testified, was parked on the south side of the highway about 20 yards from her home. After noting the car she later heard what sounded like a pistol shot and after a lapse of “about five or six minutes” heard another noise like a shot. She testified that in the interval between the alleged shots, she heard moan ing and shouting, and that she be lieved it to be a man’s voice. “The state won admission in evi- Buy War Bonds REGULARLY A Check Is A Valid Receipt In these days when there is so much to do, every short cut which reduces detail work in the process es of business should be taken. Paying your bills by checks sav es lots of work. No receipt is re quired, because your canceled check at the bank is a valid receipt. Payment by check establish an infallible record by which errors may be traced and rectified. For many reasons you should have a checking account, and this Bank is a good place to put it. COMMERCIAL STATE BANK ll WINSURANCE © $fL FOREMM 11IW V\ depositor VF © / BmtaLamttrilk OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNT Y OF SEMINOLE AND THE CITY OF DONALSONVILLE, GEORGIA dence of a part of a statement in which Paramore allegedly confessed the killing. “During direct examination by the state, Paramore denied killing War ren or having anything to do with the crime. He admitted however, owning a .45 calibre pistol, but was unable to state where it was at pres ent. “Warren was killed by a .45 calibre pistol and the state contended that Paramore, in his alleged confession, said he had thrown the pistol into the Chattahoochee river when returning the night of the shooting to Donal sonville. “Part of the evidence was admitted by Judge Halstead, and Solicitor Bax ley read to the jury that part of the statement admitted. In it Paramore is alleged to have said he had War ren drive him to his mother’s home in Alabama on the night of the crime. The State brought out that Paramore’s mother’s home is about three miles from the Georgia line and near the road where the body of War ren was found. “According to the statement, Para more said he was driving and after turning off the paved highway for about 200 yards he excused himself and then returned to the car. “The statement then said Paramore fired at Warren through an open door of the car. Warren jumped from the car and ran a short distance, the Ne gro following him and they began fighting. The Negro said he hit War ren several times with the gun and as they scuffled into a ditch he fired again, and Warren fell to the ground. “The Negro is alleged to have said that he then drove away a short dis tance from the scene toward Dothan but turned around and returned to where Warren was lying. He is alleg ed to have then took his lumberjacket from the car and put it under War ren’s head ‘because he felt sorry for him.’ He then returned to Donalson ville, he is alleged to have stated. ■ “W. M. Haley, a deputy sheriff of Terrell county, Ga., in May 1941, tes tified that he processed fingerprints from the Warren car after the slaying and that camparison showed them to be neither those of Waren nor Pal more. “In a cross-interrogatory in the deposition of Haley, he testified that he was paid in part for his work by Mrs. Curtis Warren and the remain der by O. S. Lewis. A letter intro duced as evidence by Sid Howell writ ten by Haley said he told Howell if he (Howell) couldn’t pay for the fing print work, the ‘other side would.’ “Alvin Thomas, night watchman at; the Planters Products Company, at Donalsonville, testified that he saw j Warren’s car being driven toward the oil station about 11 o’clock on the night of the killing and that the driver, whose face was obscured by a straw hat and a white shirt. Para more testified, in rebuttal, that he was wearing khaki trousers and a khaki shirt on the fatal night. “Chief Deputy Sheriff J. T. Casey identified an empty shell, a cartridge, an automatic pistol clip and a bullet found in the Warren car Two Ne groes testified that they had seen Paramore the night of the murder at the Warren oil station where he was employed and one of the Negroes identified a hat found with Warren’s body as belonging to Paramore. “Hoosevelt Mcßride, Negro, of Panama City, Fla., testified that the clip belonged to a gun which he said Paramore stole from his room in Panama City some time before the alleged killing took place. He said Paramore admitted taking the gun and had promised to pay for it but never had. “The state sought to introduce the statement after Linton Warren, offi cial court reporter, had testified to taking it from Paramore at the Sher iff’s office. He testified that he knew of no threats or inducements being' made to the Negro to answer the questions. “On the stand in his own defense, Paramore related that he had been brough to jail in Houston County ! early in July, 1941, and after five days was released. He had been in Donalsonville about 10 minutes when' S. W. Howell picked him up and car ried him to bort Gaines and three (Turn To No. ONE On Back Page) DONALSONVILLE NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH, 1942. Peanut Prices Are Fixed On New Crop SECRETARY WICKARD MADE ANNOUNCEMENT ON MONDAY. Prices on peanuts for the new crop, as announced by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, were made pub lic Monday as follows by the Georgia- Florida-Alabama Peanut Association upon receipt of a telegram: Virginia Type, U. S. No. 3, Class A, $l2B per ton. Southeastern Spanish U. S. No. 1, $133 per ton. Southwestern Spanish, U. S. No. I, sl3l per ton. Runners, U. S. No. 1, $l2O per ton. Other grades proportionate for quota peanuts. Excess peanuts for oil less estimat ed cost of storing and selling with adjustments where applicable for quality and location in any event must not be less than SB2 per ton for No. 1 Spanish grade; S7B per ton for No. 1 runners; S7O per ton for Class A, Virginia type. A GFA spokesman said a strong effort is being made to raise the price of “oil peanuts,” but that so far no definite action had been taken. Office Is Damaged By Fire Saturday A fire Saturday morning in the busi ness district of Donalsonville for a while threatened serious damage to several business houses. The blaze originated in the sample rooms and office of T, J. Shingler, shoe salesman, his office being located upstairs over Jitney Jungle. When the alarm was sounded, a crowd gath ered quickly and by prompt work the blaze was soon extinguished. The offices occupied by Mr, Shing ler, owned by Mrs. J, B. Thomas, were considerably damaged, and Mr. Shingler suffered losses of his samples and office equipment. He carried no insurance, though Mrs. Thomas was protected against loss by the fire. Jitney Jungle suffered some loss as a result of water damage, but J. L. Jernigan, owner, said his loss was negligible, but was covered by insur ance. CHERRY RECEIVES HIS “WINGS” AND COMMISSION Os interest to many friends here is an announcement received this week of the graduation exercises held on Thursday, August 7th at the Ad vanced Flying School, Luke Field, at Phoenix, Arizona, at which Clyde Cherry, Jr., received his “wings” and a commission of Lieutenant of the U. S. I Air Corps. Young Cherry, long an aviation en-| thusiast, learned to fly while attend- j ing at G. M. C., at Milledgeville, and has received training at Minter Field, California and other fields. Mrs. Amanda Park Passes Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Park, age 76, who passed away at Reynoldsville at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Dawson last Wednesday, were held at Bethany Church on Thursday afternoon. Rev. J. D. Courtney conducted the service. Pallbearers were J. R. Sawyer, Em erson Faircloth, Arthur Faircloth, Bowen Earnest, John Prescott and Frank Earnest. The deacsed had resided in this county during her entire life, and has many friends who will mourn her passing. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. J, B. Dawson and Mrs. C. I. Williams. Evans Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements, JORDAN ASKS CO-OPERATION ON ’PHONE CALLS. E. R. Jordan, manager of the local telephone company, urges co-opera tion in placing long distance calls in; an advertisement in this week’s issue. Telephone lines are busy with gov ernment messages, and he urges the public to study his ad and abide by it insofar as possible. A WEEK OF WAR FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS War production Chairman Nelson announced the War Production Board is rerating every project in the war program to secure the “maximum impact on the enemy now.” Combat planes, particularly bombers, are at the top of this new list, Mr. Nelson said. Chairman Nelsn reported the U. S. is now producing munitions three and a half times the rate in November 1941, the month before Pearl Harbor. July production, he said, was 16 per cent above June production, but. 7 per cent short of production forecasts made at the beginning of July. “The big job ahead of us right now is to bring our program into balance and make sure that we use our materials and facilities as wisely as possible,” he said. “This means that we must redouble our efforts, particularly on the low spots, if we are to make our goals by the year’s end.” Craft production increased 11 per cent in July over June out-put, Mr. Nelson said. Although combat plane production rose 6 percent, it was not up to expectations. He also reported: overall ordnance production in July in creased 26 percent over June output, and was very close to schedules; pro duction of medium tanks was 35 per cent greater than in the previous month and considerably ahead of schedules; light tanks up 15 percent also were ahead of schedules; antiair craft guns exceeded schedules by “A wide margin”; merchant ships were up 6 percent and “nearly on schedule for the njonth’; deliveries of major naval combiit vessels were ahead of those in June and “considerably ahead of fore casts.” * ~ The War Front Gen. MacArthur’s headquarters in Australia reported allied fighter pilots using new battle tactics shot down at least 13 Japanese planes, and pro bably 15 or more, out of an enemy fleet of 47 which attacked Darwin. No allied planes were lost. The Navy re ported the Marines’ hold on at least three of the Solomon Islands is now well established. When 700 Japanese counter-attacked on one of the Islands 670 were killed and the other 30 taken prisoners, Pacific Fleet Commandei’ Nimitz reported. The Marine losses were 28 killed and 72 wounded. Admir al Nimitz also announced a force of Marines made a successful landing on Makin Island, killed 80 Japanese, wrecked varous installations anti then withdrew, U. S. Army Headquarters, European Theater, announced arrival in Britain 1 of the largest U. 8, convoy of the I ! war, with more men and material for ■ I the American Air Forces which had al : ready begun precision bombing by daylight of Nazi-occupied Europe. U. S. flying fortresses bombed the Nazi transportation system at Amiens and Abbeville. In a battle. over the North Sea, four flying fortresses shot down three German fighters and damaged nine others, while all the U. S. planes returned safely. AU. S. ranger battalion joined with Canadian , and British forces in a nine-hour raid on Dieppe, France. The Navy reported U. S. submarines in the Aleutians and in the far East sank a cruiser or de stroyer and damaged a destroyer, sank | two cargo ships and a transport, and I damaged another cargo ship. The tor pedoing of seven more United Nations Merchantmen by enemy submarines was announced. Foreign Relations President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull sent messages of soli darity to Brazil as that Country be came the first South American nation to declare war on Germany and Italy. The President said Wendell L. Willkie will tour Europe and the Near East as his special representative in order to correct the impression in those places that U. S- Production is not all it should be. Mr. Willkie will carry mes sages from the President to Foreign Leaders, including Premier Stalin. I The President issued a statement that the perpetrators of “Barbaric” acts in occupied Countries “will have to stand in the courts of law” in the same Countries in which Barbarism now rages, and answer in those courts for their crimes. Army and Navy The war Department said it will in- augurate this Fall a voluntary prein duction training program utilizing ex isting facilities of schools and colleges to meet present and future needs for properly trained personnel in the armed forces. Out of every 100 men inducted into the army, about 63 are assigned to duties requiring specializ ed training, the Department said. The Army said it is organizing and train ing port battalions (composed mostly of former Stevedores) for duty over seas to insure prompt handling of U. S. military equipment for forces sta tioned throughout the world. The De partment said checks in payment of allowances to dependents of enlisted men of the army, covering the first applications to be approved, will go out shortly after September 1. The Navy announced recruiting o enlisted personnel of the Women’s Naval Reserve will begin September 11, and training will start October 9 at the University of Wisconsin, In diana University and Oklahome A. and M. College. Selective Service Selective Service Director Hershey said draft boards will begin calling men with dependents before Christ mas. He said single men with “secon dary” dependents, such as aged or crippled relatives, will be called first; married men whose wives work, next; then men with dependent wives; and finally men who have wives and child ren. He said the reservoir of 1-A men throughout the Country is “practical ly exhausted," Selective Service head quarters said Class 1-B (men fit for limited military service only) will he eliminated, and beginning September 1, all registrants who are not totally disqualified will be reclassified in 1-A, while those not suited for any military service will be placed in 4-F. In the case of men reclassified in 1-A, the army will determine after induction whether they will be assigned to full or limited service. Stabilization Os Farm Prices Secretary of Agriculture Wickard said he would approve a plan of live stock ceiling prices which “must not permit abnormal profits to anyone in the industry at the expense of the pro ducers of consumers.” Mr. Wickard al so said he now favors repeal of the provision of the price control act “that prohibits ceilings op processed farm products if the celling price re flects a farm price of less than 110! percent of parity," He said farm pric-' es “have reached parity on an aver-j age.” The WPB food repuirements! committee asked the armed forces, the • i Lend-Lease Administration, and the I i War Production Board to collaborate| in working out a program for alloca-: tion of all government meat purchases ! as equitably as possible among feder-| ally inspected packers. The Agricul-: tural Marketing Administration I bought $137,900,000 worth of food- j stuffs during July for the United Na-j tions and other requirements, includ-l ing 80,000 pounds of dehydrated beef. Rationing ! Tire quotas will have to follow a i downward trend the rest of this year to keep withn the amount of rubber earmarked by the WPA for the pur pose, the Office of Price Administra- I tion said, The Office asked local ra 'tloning boards for the “strictest pos sible interpretation” of a recent a-1 mendment to tire rationing regula tions restricting truck eligibility to vehicles essential to the war effort or | public health and safety. Oil And Gasoline WPB Chairman Nelson appointed under Secretary of War Patterson, Petroleum Coordinator Ickes and Price Administrator Henderson as a committee to determine whether fuel oil should be rationed in the East Coast Area this winter. Because of the shortage of fuel oil in the area. Mr, Ickas prohibited the hauling of automotive gasoline by rail in 20 middle Western and Southern western States in order to divert enough tank cars to carry 100,000 barrels of fuel oil daily to the rationed area. If the withdrawal of these 5,000 to 7,000 tank cars creates a shortage, ration ing should be extended, Mr. Ickes said. Mrs. L. E. Hay spent in Dothan. >lO% OF INCOME IS OUR QUOTA IN WAR BONDS SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS Tire, Tube Quotas Sharply Reduced DEPLETED SUPPLY AND WAR CONDITIONS DEMAND BIG CUT. Due to current war conditions and the depleted supply of rubber remain ing in this Country, the Office of Price Administration has announced that September and subsequent monthly tire quotas must be reduced in order that the Country as a whole may be kept within the year’s quota of rub ber allotted by the War Production Board. Local War Price and Rationing Boards have a tremendous job con fronting them in that they must al low certificates for tires only to those vehicles most essential to the war effort and to the community. Tire abuse and neglect can not be tolerated, even from these most es sential applicants. A Wai- Price and Rationing Board has full authority to deny tires to an applicant who has de liberately abused His tires by overload ing and excessive speeds, or other a buses. All vehicles can and must use a maximum number of recapped tires if essential functions of the war effort and community are to be maintained. Every applicant must accept recap ped tires, unless he can prove to the satisfaction of the local board that his tires became unusable from cir cumstances not resulting from his a buse or neglect; or that the vehicle must operate at excessive speeds to perform its normal functions. The Office of Price Administration is doing everything possible to keep essential vehicles operating, but the whole hearted cooperation of the gen eral public will be a deciding factor. Schools Opening Date Not Yet Fixed The date for opening Seminole county schools has not as yet been fixed, N. P. Malcom, superintendent, stated this week. The County Board of Education will meet next Tuesday and at that time fix the opening date, he says, which will probably be on September 14th or 21st. The delay in opening is due to the farmers needing their children at home to aid in the harvesting of crops which has been hindered seri ously by excessive rainfall this year. OLIVE THEATRE Saturday Only r Charles Starrett, In “RIDERS OF THE BADLANDS' Monday and Tuesday Maureen O’Hara and George Montgomery, In “Ten Gentlemen From West Point’ Wednesday Only Lloyd Nolan - Marjorie Weaver, Ir “MAN WHO WOULDN’T DIE” Thursday and Friday Henry Fonda, Don Ameche and Lynn Bari, In “MAGNIFICIENT DOPE” MIDGET THEATRE Friday and Saturday Lu m And Abner, In "DREAMING OUT LOUD” NUMBER 31.